What's your relation with him?
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Relation
//ɹɪˈleɪʃən//
Synonyms for "relation" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
comparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literaturecomparative methodcomparecomparingcomparisonconcerningconditionconfrontationconfrontmentconnotationconsanguinityconsequencecontactcontiguitycontrariety
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contrastcontrastivenesscorrelationcousinhoodcousinshipcriminal conversationdealingsdeductiondelineationdenotationdescriptiondisjunctiondistinctiondistinctivenessdoingsdrifteffectembarrassmentenationengagementenmeshmententanglementessenceextensionfatherhoodfiliationforcefraternitygistgrammatical meaninghistoryhomologyideaimpactimplicationimportin relation toinclusionintensioninterconnectionintercourseinterdependenceintimacyinvolutioninvolvementjunctionkinkindredkinshipkinsmankinswoman
Noun(5 words)
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lexical meaningliaisonlikeninglinklinkagelinksliteral meaningmatchingmaternitymatrilineagematrilinymatrisibmatroclinymeaningmetaphormotherhoodmutual attractionnarrationnarrativenearness
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offshootopposingoppositionovertoneparallelismpartpaternitypatrilineagepatrilinypatrisibpatroclinypertaining topertinencepithpointportrayalpositionpractical consequencepropinquityproportionproximitypurportqualityrange of meaningrapportrereal meaningrecapitulationrecitalrecitationrecountrecountalrecountingreferencereferentreferring toregardregardingrehearsalrelation backrelationsrelevancereportrespectrespectingretellingreviewrolescopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsensesexsibshipsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesimilaritysimilesimilitudesisterhoodsistershipspan of meaningspiritstatusstorystructural meaningsubstancesumsum and substancesymbolic meaningsympathytale-tellingtellingtenortietie intie-inties of bloodtotality of associationstransferred meaningtrope of comparisontruckunadorned meaningundertoneunionvalueweighingwith regard towith respect toyarn spinning
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has context
4 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
155 translations across 45 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَلَاقَة noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Armenian
1 entries- ազգական noun (member of one's family)
Belarusian
3 entries- адно́сіны noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- зале́жнасць noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- зале́жнасьць noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зави́симост noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- отноше́ние noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- повествова́ние noun (act of relating a story)
- ра́зказ noun (act of relating a story)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەیوەندی noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 關係 /关系 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- 關係 /关系 noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)
Czech
3 entries- příbuzný noun (member of one's family)
- relace noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- vztah noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Danish
4 entries- familiemedlem noun (member of one's family)
- forhold noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relation noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- slægtning noun (member of one's family)
Dutch
4 entries- bloedverwant noun (member of one's family)
- familielid noun (member of one's family)
- familielid noun (member of one's family)
- familielui noun (member of one's family)
Estonian
1 entries- suhe noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Finnish
4 entries- kertomus noun (act of relating a story)
- omainen noun (member of one's family)
- relaatio noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- relaatio noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)
French
4 entries- parent noun (member of one's family)
- parentage noun (member of one's family)
- parentaille noun (member of one's family)
- parente noun (member of one's family)
Friulian
1 entries- parint noun (member of one's family)
Galician
1 entries- relación noun (way in which two things may be associated)
German
4 entries- Angehörige noun (member of one's family)
- Angehöriger noun (member of one's family)
- Beziehung noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- Familienangehörige noun (member of one's family)
Hebrew
1 entries- יחס noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Hindi
1 entries- संबंध noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Hungarian
4 entries- elbeszélés noun (act of relating a story)
- elmesélés noun (act of relating a story)
- elmondás noun (act of relating a story)
- hozzátartozó noun (member of one's family)
Ido
3 entries- parentino noun (member of one's family)
- parento noun (member of one's family)
- parentulo noun (member of one's family)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- رابِطِه noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Italian
2 entries- parente noun (member of one's family)
- relazione noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Japanese
4 entries- 関係 noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- 関係 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- 関係 noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)
- 関連 noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Korean
2 entries- 관계 noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- 관계 noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Ladino
4 entries- alishik noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- atadijo noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- raporto noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relasyón noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Malayalam
1 entries- ബന്ധം noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Māori
1 entries- kaireperepe noun (member of one's family)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- familiemedlem noun (member of one's family)
- relasjon noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- slektning noun (member of one's family)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- familiemedlem noun (member of one's family)
- relasjon noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- slektning noun (member of one's family)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خبر noun (act of relating a story)
Polish
2 entries- relacja noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- relacja noun (set of ordered tuples retrievable by a database)
Portuguese
3 entries- parente noun (member of one's family)
- relação noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relação noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Romanian
4 entries- legătură noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- legătură noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- narare noun (act of relating a story)
- povestire noun (act of relating a story)
Russian
4 entries- зави́симость noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- изложе́ние noun (act of relating a story)
- отноше́ние noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- повествова́ние noun (act of relating a story)
Sanskrit
1 entries- बन्धु noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Slovak
1 entries- vzťah noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Slovene
4 entries- odnos noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relacija noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relacija noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
- sorodnik noun (member of one's family)
Spanish
4 entries- pariente noun (member of one's family)
- relaciones sexuales noun (sexual relations)
- relación noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relación noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Swedish
4 entries- anhörig noun (member of one's family)
- familjemedlem noun (member of one's family)
- relation noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- relation noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Tajik
1 entries- робита noun (mathematics: set of ordered tuples, a Boolean function of two or more arguments)
Tamil
4 entries- உடலுறவு noun (sexual relations)
- உறவினர் noun (member of one's family)
- உறவு noun (member of one's family)
- உறவு noun (sexual relations)
Telugu
2 entries- బంధువు noun (member of one's family)
- సంబంధము noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Thai
1 entries- ความสัมพันธ์ noun (way in which two things may be associated)
Turkish
1 entries- akraba noun (member of one's family)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відно́шення noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- зале́жність noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- зв'язо́к noun (way in which two things may be associated)
- пере́каз noun (act of relating a story)
Volapük
4 entries- hiröletan noun (member of one's family)
- jiröletan noun (member of one's family)
- röletan noun (member of one's family)
- röletanef noun (member of one's family)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Wages vary in relation to the age of the worker.
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Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.
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It is important that we make plans in relation to anticipated changes.
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